Initiative
Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy (RH) is a community-based program aimed at preventing and reducing homelessness across Canada. Reaching Home is funded by the Government of Canada and delivered by a local Community Entity. The program directives can be found at Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy Directives. To learn about the projects and their impact, please visit the Community Entity...
News
This Giving Tuesday, we’re excited to introduce our Collective Impact Funds, developed to reflect Vancity Community Foundation’s (VCF) new strategic plan and priorities. These funds are designed to make giving simpler, more impactful and rooted in trust.
Initiative
BC Rent Bank is a project of Vancity Community Foundation, funded by the province of British Columbia. Regardless of where you live in the province, you can access a rent bank and its support services to help stabilize your rental housing during unanticipated short-term financial challenges.
Fund
The Ritchie Bros. Community Impact Fund helps to deepen our giving legacy and support the communities we operate in across Canada.
News
Friday June 3, 2022 BC Rent Bank was established in 2019 as a pilot project with a three-year mandate to support the funding of existing rent banks; provide support and seed funding to establish new rent banks in BC; and create the infrastructure necessary to support a future provincial rent bank system. A rent bank is a homelessness prevention tool...